The 2014 Brit Award nominees announced

By Live4ever -
Posted on 09 Jan 2014 at 2:50pm

Arctic Monkeys' Jamie Cook (photo: Live4ever)

British music legend David Bowie is up for two Brit awards, it was announced today. He is nominated for best British male and best album while Indie darlings Arctic Monkeys also got two nods and will open the awards ceremony broadcast on February 19.

New comers London Grammar, John Newman, Lorde, Drake and Haim all received their first nominations while Pop acts Bastille and Disclosure lead all nominees with four nominations a piece.

London quartet Bastille are up for best single, best British group, breakthrough artist and best album for their debut Bad Blood. Brothers Guy and Howard Lawrence, who make up Disclosure, are nominated in the same four categories.

Ellie Goulding, who won the Critics Choice award in 2010, is nominated twice in the best single category, for the dance-pop anthem Burn and her collaboration with DJ Calvin Harris, I Need Your Love.

She’ll also go head to head with Birdy , Jessie J , Laura Marling and Laura Mvula for the best female solo artist award.